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Faster, more precise radiation treatments for cancer given to first patient in San Antonio
April 22, 2009
A faster and more precise way to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors with radiation was used on a patient for the first time in San Antonio today at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
School of Medicine residency programs gain repeat 5-year accreditation
April 21, 2009
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has awarded The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine the best accreditation status (Continued Accreditation) for a maximum cycle length of five years, Glenn A. Halff, M.D., acting dean of the School of Medicine, announced.
For Earth Day, trees saved from construction find new home at Health Science Center
April 20, 2009
Oak and elm trees rescued from the construction site of the soon-to-open South Texas Research Facility will be replanted around The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where they will serve as a symbol of the university’s commitment to environmental sustainability.
Teens to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research at Voelcker Academy
April 16, 2009
Twenty rising sophomores will become the inaugural class of the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy.
Three universities test their brainpower at neuroscience contest
April 10, 2009
Defending Brain Bowl champion Texas A&M University will go head to head against Trinity University and The University of Texas at Arlington.
CTRC executive director will run 12-hour marathon to raise cancer funds, awareness
April 2, 2009
For 12 hours next weekend, a leading cancer center executive and internationally regarded cancer researcher will be a foot soldier in the war on cancer.
In the light, muscle stem cells reveal their secrets
March 31, 2009
They hibernate with age; reversing this might treat muscle loss someday
For National Doctors’ Day, Health Science Center doctors to visit schools across San Antonio, Laredo
March 27, 2009
They will speak to thousands of schoolchildren in hopes of encouraging the next generation of doctors
Students from Laredo, Valley explore health careers at the Health Science Center
March 17, 2009
Fifty middle- and high-school students from Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley learn to culture bacteria, put in an intravenous catheter and much more as they explore health and science careers during a three-day visit to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
School of Medicine seniors learn residency destinations at ‘Match Day’ envelope opening
March 16, 2009
Fourth-year medical students from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio stand in front of their classmates and open the envelopes that reveal where their medical residencies will take them.